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MONUMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 352,422, dated November 9, 1886,

Application filed September 19, 1885. Serial No. 177.596.

To aZZ whom it may conczrn:

Be it known that I, AUGUST H. MILLER, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Lorain, in the county of Lorain and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Monuments; andI do I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to monuments; and it consists, essentially, in constructing the framework of metal and insectional form, in providing the same with suitable braces or other devices, whereby the several sections are sup ported in position and connected together, and

in constructing the frame-work to receive removable slabs of marble or other material, all as hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a vertical elevation of a monument constructed according to my invention. Fig. 2 represents a vertical elevation of a monument constructed according to my invention; Fig. 3,a top plan view of the base of the monument; Fig. 4, a transverse section of the lower section, taken on the line 4 4 of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 represents an elevation of one of the sections, and Fig. 6 a detail view of a portion of the framing.

It is the object of my invention to construct monuments in sections, whereby the same can be readily built up and placed in the desired positions and removed or transported from place to place, as desired. The frame-work is cast, wrought, or otherwise formed of any suitable metal or material, and in separate parts adapted to be connected together to form the whole or the respective sections, as hereinafter described, whereby monuments of various ornamental designs and shapes can be readily and cheaply constructed. The several.

parts can be readily packed together and transported from'plaoe to place and built up into complete monuments.

In the drawings I have shown an ordinaryshaped monument, with square lower portion and pyramidal-shaped upper portion,and such (N0 model.)

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A rcpresents'the base, which is formed with a downwardly and outwardly extending flaring flange, B, for the purpose of forming a support to the pedestal.

0 represents a groove or socket formed in thetop face of the base A,and extending partly or entirely around the same, as desired, and within which projections on the bottom edges 'of the respective bars or plates of the lower section of the frame-work are received and rest; or any othersuitable device may be used to secure the sections together, as bolts, pins, hooks, or screws.

' D represents cross-bars formed integrally with or attached to the base for the purpose of bracing and strengthening the same.

E represents holes formed in said bars, through which bolts or other suitable retaining devices may be driven to the foundation, or lead or cement poured, so as to firmly secure said base to the foundation.

F represents a slot formed in the center of the bracing cross-bars D to receive the flanged lower end of a vertically extending section-securing rod,to be presently described.

The frame-work of both the lower section, G, and the upper section, H, is of similar mechanical construction. The frame-work of each section is composed of plates or sheets I,

each formed at one end with an outwardlycurved portion, J, extending from top to bottom thereof, and having in its inturned end a vertically-extending slot or groove, K, within which the straight side or edge L of the adjacent plate I is inserted,- whereby the several plates constituting the outer walls of the section are joined together. The plates I are formed with an open space, M, in their center, through which the marble or other slabs N may be viewed.

0 represents metal braces, which rest at their ends in lugs extending inwardly from the outer plates I, as shown at P, so as to hold the slabs or panels N in position.

A represents other brace-bars formed integrally with or suitably connected to the braces O, to assist in bracing the panels in position. The top and bottom edges or ends of the respective plates are of curved or rounded form,or have a curved or rounded extension, to adapt them to fit, respectively, at their lower portions within the grooves or sockets O in the top face of the base A, and in similar grooves or sockets, Q, formed in the upper face of the cap R of the lower section,v

and at their upper ends in the grooves or sockets S,formed in the under face of said cap R, and in similar grooves or sockets,T,formed intheunder face ot'the cap U of the monument, or any other suitable manner, according to the method used for securing the same together. The cap-piece R of the lower section is of similar construction to that of the base A,inthat it has bracing cross-bars, having in the center a hole to permit of the passage therethrough of the vertically-extending section-securing rod, and on each side an outwardly-extending ornamental flange, V. l

W and X represent bars or rods extending across the inlerior of the top cap, U. On the under face of the bar W and on the under face of the cap R of the lower section are lugs Y,with which the upper ends of'angular bracebars Z engage, the lower ends of said bracebars Z extending outwardly therefrom to the brace-bars O and A, for the purpose of assisting in bracing the panels and the respective sections in position.

B represents a vertical rod extending from the top bar or rod, X, to the base A. This rodis at its upper end screwgthreaded and is held in place by tension-nuts O, screwing against the top bar, X, andatits lower end is formed with a lug, D, extending therefrom at aright angle. This rod B, when the several sections are placed in position, is passed through the bars W X, cap R, and base A and turned onequarter around, so as to bring thelug D under a solid-part of the brace-bars D in the base A, and then the tension-nuts O are screwed so as to tighten the rod B, and thereby, in connection with the other braces heretofore referred to, securely hold the respective sections together. By this construction the panels M may be removed and others substituted therefor whenever desired.

The several parts of the framing can be readily formed of cast metal and of uniform size. Consequently should any part of a monument constructed according to my invention become injured, that part thereof can be readily duplicated.

, Such a monument as herein described can be cheaply and very readily constructed. The several parts thereof can be packed in small compass, readily transported to the place desired, and built up in a short time, thus rendering it possible for persons of limited means procuring artistic monuments where the high cost of stone monuments would be less easily obtainable.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. A sectional metallic monument, each section composed of a series of separate plates connected together by tongue and groove joints, and having on their inner faces projecting lugs, in combination with a suitable supporting-base and a cap adapted to receive the top and bottom edges of the respective plates, lugs on the under face of the cap, and brace-bars connecting and bracing the cap and plates forming the frame, substantially as set forth.

2. A sectional monument, each section composed of a series of separate plates connected together at their side edges by tongue-andgroove joints, and having a central open space and inwardly-projecting lugs, separate panels adapted to rest against the inner faces of said plates, and cross-bars engaging the lugs projecting inwardly from said plates for the purpose of retaining the panels in position, substantially as set forth.

3. A sectional monument having a base provided with strengthening cross-bars having a slot therein, and grooves to receivethe bottom of the lower section, caps having grooved under and upper faces to receive the top of the lower section and the tops and bottoms of the remaining sections, and having lugs on their under faces, in combination with angularlyextending brace-bars connecting said caps and the respective sections, and a vertical rod extending from top to bottom of the monument and having at its lower end a locking-lug adapted to engage the base, and a screwthreaded upper end, and means, as described, for adjusting the tension of. said rod for the purpose of clamping the respective sections together, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

AUGUST H. MILLER. A.

Witnesses:

J OHN G. HILPERT, W. C. BEOKWITH. 

